WO2003030971A1 - Controle de longevite pour un appareil d'injection - Google Patents

Controle de longevite pour un appareil d'injection Download PDF

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WO2003030971A1
WO2003030971A1 PCT/CH2002/000530 CH0200530W WO03030971A1 WO 2003030971 A1 WO2003030971 A1 WO 2003030971A1 CH 0200530 W CH0200530 W CH 0200530W WO 03030971 A1 WO03030971 A1 WO 03030971A1
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injection device
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Beat Steffen
Hansulrich Lehmann
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Tecpharma Licensing Ag
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Priority to US10/817,296 priority patent/US20040189258A1/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/30—Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle, e.g. for use with replaceable ampoules or carpules
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M5/00—Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests
    • A61M5/178—Syringes
    • A61M5/31—Details
    • A61M2005/3125—Details specific display means, e.g. to indicate dose setting

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  • the present invention relates to an injection device, in particular a so-called needle-free injection device.
  • a substance to be injected is present in the injection device before the injection process and must be accelerated to a relatively high speed by suitable means within a relatively short time in order to have sufficient kinetic energy for the patient's skin to be released by the substance to be dispensed alone, e.g. B. a liquid jet is penetrated.
  • suitable means e.g. B. a liquid jet is penetrated.
  • a relatively large and quickly dispensed amount of energy can be stored in the needle-free injection device.
  • spring mechanisms can be used as energy storage.
  • the proper functioning of the injection device is an important prerequisite for the approval of the device.
  • a lifespan monitoring is provided, which preferably the number of charging and / or discharging of an energy store, such as. B. counts a spring or a gas pressure mechanism and can preferably indicate the number of charging and / or discharging operations carried out, so as to be able to monitor the state of the injection device.
  • the lifespan monitoring can only be the time from a certain specified point in time, e.g. B. the manufacture or the first commissioning, measure and emit a signal when a predetermined period of z. B. a few months or years have passed. Lifetime monitoring can also be based on a combination of the above principles. B.
  • the lifespan monitoring can be designed in such a way that after a certain number of charging or dispensing processes and / or after a predetermined period of time or a certain combination of e.g. B. loading processes and elapsed time units an end of life (end-of-life) is determined and the injection device locks itself, ie no further injection can be carried out with the locked injection device.
  • end-of-life end-of-life
  • the number of loading or injection operations performed can e.g. B. in an electronic memory, advantageously a static or non-volatile memory such.
  • B. EEPROM which, for example, only needs to be read or written when a loading or injection process has been carried out, in order, for. B. to store in the EEPROM the number of loading or injection operations actually performed.
  • An automatic locking device is particularly advantageously provided, which prevents further charging of the energy store or also the carrying out of an injection process when a certain predetermined number of charging processes or injections has been carried out and / or a certain period of time has passed.
  • An optical and / or acoustic output device can preferably be provided for outputting the number of charging and / or injection processes carried out and / or a warning signal before or upon reaching a predetermined maximum number of charging and / or injection processes and / or after a predetermined period of time his.
  • An output device is advantageously provided, which can be coupled with the service life monitoring in order to display the number of charging or injection processes carried out, e.g. B. a mechanical or electronic counter. It is also advantageous to use a warning device to provide which signals the imminent or actual end of the life of the injection device z. B. a red LED or an acoustic warning signal.
  • the lifespan monitoring is advantageously provided in the needle-free injection device itself, for. B. as an integrated circuit, which, for. B. automatically blocks the needle-free injection device after a predetermined number of maximum permissible loading and injection processes.
  • the lifespan monitoring can also be provided in a separate device with which the injection device is regularly coupled in order, for. B. to charge the energy store, for example a spring or a compressed gas device for a new injection process. Lifetime monitoring can advantageously be carried out by automatically limiting the number of charging processes that can be carried out.
  • an assignment recognition is also advantageously provided, with which a specific needle-free injection device can be uniquely identified in order to, for example, B. to be able to charge several injection devices on the same charging device for new injection processes and at the same time to monitor the number of charging processes carried out and, if necessary, to block further charging if the maximum number of charging processes permitted for a specific needle-free injection device has been reached.
  • a charging device for an injection device with which an energy store required for performing a needle-free injection can be charged in the injection device.
  • B. a spring tensioned or a compressed gas system can be pressurized with compressed gas.
  • the invention also relates to an injection device with a charging device without monitoring the service life.
  • a system providing gas pressure can advantageously be provided in the charging device, e.g. B. a replaceable gas cartridge that stores compressed gas in a metal container.
  • a replaceable gas cartridge that stores compressed gas in a metal container.
  • gas cartridges are commercially available.
  • the injection device is coupled to the charging device, the energy store present in the injection device, for example a spring or a compressed gas system, can be charged by the compressed gas from the charging device. It is particularly when using mechanically only resilient material, such as. B. plastic, advantageous to use compressed gas systems, since no large loads occur by moving mechanical parts during the loading process.
  • the charging device can also be an electrical energy storage device with e.g. B. have an electric drive with which the energy storage device of the injection device can be charged, that is, for. B. a spring can be tensioned by an electric motor and, for example, a spindle or a compressed gas system can be put under suitable pressure again by means of such an electric motor.
  • an electric energy storage device with e.g. B. have an electric drive with which the energy storage device of the injection device can be charged
  • a spring can be tensioned by an electric motor and, for example, a spindle or a compressed gas system can be put under suitable pressure again by means of such an electric motor.
  • the invention relates to a method for monitoring the service life of a needle-free injection device.
  • the number of charging and / or injection processes carried out is advantageously counted to monitor the service life, this number being optically or acoustically such.
  • B. can be output as a speech.
  • Further charging and / or injection processes are preferably blocked when a predetermined maximum number of these processes is reached and / or one predetermined time period has expired or a combination of these events has occurred.
  • Figure 1 shows a loading device with a life monitoring for a needle-free injection device.
  • a needle-free injection device 1 is connected to a charging device 2, which can also be used, for example, as a housing or transport device for the injection device 1.
  • the injection device 1 is connected to an energy source 4, e.g. B. a gas cartridge, a battery or a rechargeable battery for charging the injection device 1 or a solar, battery or mains operated electric motor, so that an existing in the injection device 1 energy storage such.
  • B. a spring or a compressed gas system can be charged via a coupling mechanism 5 from the energy source 4.
  • the coupling system 5 can, for. B. be a valve which is connected to an exchangeable gas cartridge and prevents the escape of the compressed gas stored in the gas cartridge when the injection device 1 is not connected to the charging device 2. To charge the injection device 1, this can be connected in a suitable manner with the charging device 2, for. B. clicked on a locking connection or connected to the loading device 2 via a bayonet coupling. The valve can be moved so that it is opened and compressed gas emerges from the gas cartridge of the charging device 2 and z. B. can tension a spring present in the needle-free injection device 1 via a pneumatic device or charge an existing compressed gas system in the injection device 1.
  • the coupling device 5 can also be used as a mechanical system, e.g. B. a spindle can be designed to transmit mechanical energy from the energy source 4 into the injection device 1.
  • the number of charging processes carried out by the energy source 4 is determined by a lifespan monitor 6, e.g. B. an electrical circuit, monitored and displayed on the counter 3. If a predetermined number of maximum permissible charging processes is reached, the service life monitor 6 prevents the injection device 1 from being charged further. This has therefore reached the end of its service life and must be replaced by a new injection device 1 in order to avoid any loss in terms of the quality and safety of the injection device 1 to suffer.
  • a lifespan monitor 6 e.g. B. an electrical circuit, monitored and displayed on the counter 3. If a predetermined number of maximum permissible charging processes is reached, the service life monitor 6 prevents the injection device 1 from being charged further. This has therefore reached the end of its service life and must be replaced by a new injection device 1 in order to avoid any loss in terms of the quality and safety of the injection device 1 to suffer.
  • the charging device 2 can, for example, be equipped with a reading / writing device in order to read the memory chip installed in the injection device 1 with each charging process, for example in order to read out the number of charging processes carried out with this injection device, the subsequently increasing current number of charging processes carried out by one again Memory chip is written. Accordingly, no electrical energy supply is required in the injection device 1 itself.
  • lifespan monitoring can be carried out individually for each individual injection device 1, wherein, for example, recharging of the injection device 1 is blocked either by the injection device 1 itself or by the charging device 2.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil d'injection (1) sans aiguille, à contrôle de longévité. L'invention concerne également un procédé servant à contrôler la longévité d'un appareil d'injection sans aiguille.
PCT/CH2002/000530 2001-10-04 2002-09-23 Controle de longevite pour un appareil d'injection WO2003030971A1 (fr)

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JP2003534001A JP2005504610A (ja) 2001-10-04 2002-09-23 注射装置の有効寿命の監視
US10/817,296 US20040189258A1 (en) 2001-10-04 2004-04-02 Service life monitoring for an injection device

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